In: Accounting
High Country, Inc., produces and sells many recreational products. The company has just opened a new plant to produce a folding camp cot that will be marketed throughout the United States. The following cost and revenue data relate to May, the first month of the plant’s operation:
| Beginning inventory | 0 | |
| Units produced | 48,000 | |
| Units sold | 43,000 | |
| Selling price per unit | $ | 76 | 
| Selling and administrative expenses: | ||
| Variable per unit | $ | 3 | 
| Fixed (per month) | $ | 566,000 | 
| Manufacturing costs: | ||
| Direct materials cost per unit | $ | 15 | 
| Direct labor cost per unit | $ | 8 | 
| Variable manufacturing overhead cost per unit | $ | 2 | 
| Fixed manufacturing overhead cost (per month) | $ | 768,000 | 
Management is anxious to assess the profitability of the new camp cot during the month of May.
Required:
1. Assume that the company uses absorption costing.
a. Determine the unit product cost.
b. Prepare an income statement for May. Assume that the company uses absorption costing.
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2. Assume that the company uses variable costing.
a. Determine the unit product cost.
b. Prepare a contribution format income statement for May.
Prepare a contribution format income statement for May. Assume that the company uses variable costing.
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